[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 25 (Monday, February 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6400-6401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2633]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


A123 Systems, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of intent to grant exclusive patent license.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given with an intent to grant to A123 
Systems, Inc. of Watertown, Massachusetts an exclusive license to 
practice the inventions described in U.S. Patent Application No. 11/
768,977, entitled ``High Power and High Energy Density Battery.'' The 
inventions are owned by the United States of America, as represented by 
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

DATE: Written comments or nonexclusive license applications are to be 
received at the address listed below no later than March 11, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Technology 
Transfer and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annette R. Reimers, Office of the 
Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual 
Property, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6F-067, 
1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585; Telephone (202) 586-
3815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 35 U.S.C. 209 provides federal agencies with 
authority to grant exclusive licenses in federally-owned inventions, 
if, among other things, the agency finds that the public will be served 
by the granting of the license. The statute requires that no exclusive 
license may be granted unless public notice of the intent to grant the 
license has been provided, and the agency has considered all comments 
received in response to that public notice before the end of the 
comment period.
    A123 Systems, Inc. of Watertown, Massachusetts has applied for an 
exclusive license to practice the inventions embodied in U.S. Patent 
Application No. 11/768,977 and has plans for commercialization of the 
inventions. The exclusive license will be subject to a license and 
other rights retained by the U.S. Government and other terms and 
conditions to be negotiated. DOE intends to negotiate to grant the 
license, unless, within 30 days of this notice, the Assistant General 
Counsel for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, Department 
of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, receives in writing any of the 
following, together with supporting documents:
    (i) A statement from any person setting forth reason why it would 
not be in the best interests of the United States to grant the proposed 
license; or
    (ii) An application for a nonexclusive license to the invention in 
which applicant states that it already has

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brought the invention to practical application or is likely to bring 
the invention to practical application expeditiously.
    The Department will review all timely written responses to this 
notice and will proceed with negotiating the license if, after 
consideration of written responses to this notice, a finding is made 
that the license is in the public interest.

    Issued in Washington, DC on February 3, 2009.
John T. Lucas,
Acting Assistant General Counsel for Technology Transfer and 
Intellectual Property.
[FR Doc. E9-2633 Filed 2-6-09; 8:45 am]
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